The Meaning of 2 Samuel 22:45 Explained

2 Samuel 22:45

KJV: Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.

YLT: Sons of a stranger feign obedience to me, At the hearing of the ear they hearken to me.

Darby: Strangers come cringing unto me: At the hearing of the ear, they obey me.

ASV: The foreigners shall submit themselves unto me: As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Strangers  shall submit  themselves unto me: as soon as they hear,  they shall be obedient  unto me. 

What does 2 Samuel 22:45 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 2 Samuel 22

1  David's psalm of thanksgiving for God's deliverance and blessings

What do the individual words in 2 Samuel 22:45 mean?

Sons the foreigners submit to me as soon as they hear - they obey me
בְּנֵ֥י נֵכָ֖ר יִתְכַּֽחֲשׁוּ־ לִ֑י לִשְׁמ֥וֹעַ אֹ֖זֶן יִשָּׁ֥מְעוּ לִֽי

בְּנֵ֥י  Sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
נֵכָ֖ר  the  foreigners 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: נֵכָר  
Sense: foreign, alien, foreignness, that which is foreign.
יִתְכַּֽחֲשׁוּ־  submit 
Parse: Verb, Hitpael, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: כָּחַשׁ  
Sense: to deceive, lie, fail, grow lean, be disappointing, be untrue, be insufficient, be found liars, belie, deny, dissemble, deal falsely.
לִ֑י  to  me 
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular
לִשְׁמ֥וֹעַ  as  soon  as  they  hear 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: שָׁמַע 
Sense: to hear, listen to, obey.
אֹ֖זֶן    - 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֹזֶן  
Sense: ear, as part of the body.
יִשָּׁ֥מְעוּ  they  obey 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: שָׁמַע 
Sense: to hear, listen to, obey.
לִֽי  me 
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular